David Young
Washington State · Alone Season 13: Alone: World Championship
- Age on show
- 31
- Gear sourced
- 10/10
How far did David get? (tap to reveal)
- Days lasted
- 3
- Placement
- 10th
David's gear list
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category exampleBow and arrows
Pictured: unspecified 40-lb takedown recurve bow
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category exampleSleeping bag
Pictured: Wiggy's Antarctic mummy-style bag (-60F synthetic, long/wide)
category exampleSnare wire
Pictured: unspecified 20-gauge snare wire
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category exampleFishing line and hooks
Pictured: unspecified assorted hooks + monofilament line
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What the gear choices tell us
A machete above the Arctic Circle is a conversation starter. Only five of the 101 contestants with a recorded gear list in our data have carried one, and nearly all machete picks belong to brush country logic, fast clearing, green vegetation, mild climates. David Young took his to the Richardson Mountains, where the wood problem is frozen and structural, and paired it with a saw as the other half of the processing system. No axe anywhere on the list.
There is also no dedicated knife and no paracord recorded; a multitool holds down fine blade work, and a tarp claims one of the freed slots. The tarp and machete together sketch a fast, mobile camp philosophy: shelter up quickly, clear what you need, stay light. His background with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game shows more in the acquisition trio, bow, snare wire, fishing kit, the full three system spread.
It adds up to one of Season 13's more experimental kits, a list that trades the arctic consensus for speed. Whether a machete can carry an axe's winter workload is exactly the kind of question this season exists to answer. Usual caveat: S13 lists in our data trace to a single pre season source.
How David's run went (reveals the result)
Project manager and former Idaho Department of Fish and Game employee; first contestant eliminated from Season 13.
Why the run ended: Tapped out on Day 3 citing homesickness for his wife and two young daughters (ages 1.5 and 3 months); said on camera, "I am not in the game right now ... I don't want it."
Our take
Young is a project manager and former fish and game man from Washington State, and on paper the machete bet is the thing his run will be remembered for testing. Arctic firewood is a volume business, and every recorded arctic season has rewarded the boring wood tools; if his kit thesis holds, it rewrites a little conventional wisdom.
The season is airing, his outcome is not something we are touching, and this file stays open. In progress read only.
Compare with the rest of the Season 13 cast or see what every winner carried.